The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday 7 February 2009 during extreme bushfire-weather conditions, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire.173 people died as a result of the fires ] and 414 were injured.

The Ash Wednesday bushfires were a series of bushfires on 16 February Within twelve hours, more than 180 fires fanned by winds of up to 110km per hour that occurred in south- eastern Australia. In Victoria, 47 people died, while in South Australia there were 28 deaths. This included 14 CFA and 3CFS volunteer fire fighters who died across both states that day.